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At least 60 people are killed and dozens rescued after an overloaded boat carrying more than 100 passengers strikes a submerged tree stump and capsizes on the Niger River near Borgu, Niger State, Nigeria, with search operations continuing for missing persons.
2025-09-2

At least 27 people are killed and more than 100 others are missing when a boat capsizes in the Niger River in Kogi State, Nigeria.
2024-11-30

More than 100 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a wooden boat carrying 300 people sinks in the Niger River near Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. At least 150 people are rescued and 16 bodies are recovered.
2024-10-2

At least 28 people are killed during a boat accident in Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. The boat carrying more than 100 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized along the Niger River.
2023-09-10

At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria.
2023-06-13

Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State, Nigeria.
2022-11-11

Four people are confirmed dead and 156 more are reported missing after a ferry traveling between Niger State and Kebbi, Nigeria, sinks in the Niger River.
2021-05-26

A mass shooting in Kogi State, Nigeria leaves 14 people dead and another six injured. Thirteen of the fatalities were member of the same family. Police said that a long-standing row over land rights is suspected to be the motive behind the attack.
2020-07-30

At least 21 people are killed in a gun attack on a church and later an Army patrol near the city of Okene in Kogi state, central Nigeria.
2012-08-7

The Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram attacks a prison in Kogi State freeing 119 inmates.
2012-02-16